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J. K. ALTERS.

I BUTTON FASTENING.

No. 271,185. Patented Ja'n.23,1883.

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JOSEPH K. ALTERS, OF MAIDEN ROOK, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF y TO MARONI WARE, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-FASTENNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,185, dated January 23, 1883. Application tiled September 18, 1882. (No model.)

A To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH K. ALTERS, of Maiden Rook, in the countyof Pierce and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in ihe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the acceuipanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved button-fastener. Fig. 2 is atop vie-w of a button provided with the same. Fig.3 is a vertical sectional view on line a: x in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4t is a plan View of the fastening.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigurcs.

My invention -has relation to that class of mitten-fasteners which consist in a button-shoe disk having prongs on lits outer sides adapted to engage within holes of a button and hold it in position on a fabiic; and it consists in the improved construction ofthe same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Heretofore there has been a disadvantage in button-fastenings of this class in their bringing the button and the fabric so close to each other that bnttoning was ei'ected with great difficulty, the button pressing dat against the fabric. To avoid this difficulty, I shape the fastening so as to form a sort of shank for the Y button, thus making the buttoning of it easier. In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a metal disk, having a cup-shaped indentation, A', in its center, the bulb thus produced on the other side facing the fabric and raising it, as shown at C. The disk A is cut out of a piece of sheet metal, and has prongs 4o B projecting from its edges and bent at right angles to the disk or pla-te. These prongs are cut straight on one side, b, and oblique on the other, b', in such a manner that when the prongs are inserted through the fabric and the button and bent over on the upper surface ofthe but-v ton the two points of the prongs will lit alongside each other, and the side b will .appear parallel, as plainly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. o

It will be seen that when the button is fastened on the fabric the bulgey A will raise the fabric on the point of fastening above the level ot' the surrounding fabric, and in this manner form a shank or stem for the button.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- An improved button-fastening, consisting of the metal plate A, having the central bulge, oo A', and the edge-attaching prongs b b', of the shape substantially as described, all constructed and adapted l'or use as specified.

In testimony that I claim Lhetoregoing as in v own I have hereunto aftxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KESSLER ALTERS.

Witnesses:

HENRY D. SrocKEn, W. J. WHITNEY. 

